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Bookmark this pageMuch Ado About Nothing (1993)
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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From Time Out Film Guide
If nothing quite matches the teeming, joyful, acrobatic opening high in the hills of Tuscany, there's much to commend in Branagh's pruned, international version of Shakespeare's troubling comedy. Washington is the well-meaning Duke to Reeves' splendidly imperious John the bastard, while Keaton and Elton are a suitably clueless Dogberry and Verges. Branagh and Thompson, as Beatrice and Benedick, seem on the whole happier with the romance than the comedy - but do a fair job with some of the best verbal jousting in the language.Author: SGr
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Posted on Sep 09 2009 11:00
I didn't really like this film as it was weird ~
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- Posted on May 21 2008 20:09 wat a great film, i loved it im gnna buy it on dvd
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Cast & crew
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Producer: Stephen Evans, David Parfitt, Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Michael Keaton, Ben Elton, Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Imelda Staunton, Richard Briars, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Sean Leonard full cast
Duration: 111 mins
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